Combined shovel and sifter.



No. 645,956. Patented Mar. 27, I900.

- W. P. HYRONS.

COMBINED SHOVEL AND SIFTER.

(Application filed Apr. 8. 1899.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM P. HYRONS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK B. GREENE, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED SHO'VEL AND SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 645,956, dated March 27, 1900.

Application filed April 8, 1899. Serial No. 712,310- (No model.)

as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in combined shovels and sifters; and it consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view showing the top or cover over the screen or sieve. Fig. 3 is a view showing the cover over the inlet, and Figs. 4 and 5 are views showing different forms of dust confiners or guards connected to my sifter.

A representsmy improved shovel and sifter, made, preferably, of sheet metal, comprising the bottom 1, sides 2 2, and rear end piece 3. The side pieces 2 2 are beveled at-their forward ends, as shown, and the top edge of the sides 2 2 are provided with flanges 4,projeoting at right angles therefrom, for a purpose more fully hereinafter explained. A screen or sieve 5 is secured to the top of the sides 2 2 and end 3, and a cover 6 is pivotally connected to the sides 2 2 at the front end of the screen or sieve and is adaptedto be swung down over the screen and completely cover same to prevent jections 9 on the end 3 to lock the cover over the screen or sieve. The cover 6 is adapted when the device is to be used as a sifter to be swung down over the inclined or beveled front edge of the device, as shown in Fig. 3, when the flanges 7 will inclose the sides and the bail 8 looked over projections or shoulders 10 on the bottom of the shovel. Any suitable handle 11 may be secured to the end of the device for conveniently handling the same. A flexible sleeve 12 is adapted to be disposed around the flanges 4 and is held in this position by a spring-frame 13, composed, preferably, of wire bent to form an oblong of approximately thesize of the screen or sieve and bent between its ends to form a coiled-spring handle 14 for conveniently operating the same. The ends of the frame 13 are spaced some distance apart and are bent outward, as shown at 15, to prevent catching in the sleeve. The sleeve 12 may be made of any approved formas, for instance, as shown in Fig. 4-. It may be contracted at its lower end and provided with a metal collar 16, or it may be the same size all the way down, as shown in Fig. 5.

If desired, the bail 8 may be bent between its ends to form a loop 17, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, which is adapted to receive a rigid hook 18 to permit the sifter to be swung back and forth with very slight exertion.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-' 1. As a new article of manufacture, a com= bined scoop and sieve, comprising a receptacle having a sieve or screen at its top and bev eled at its front, the said top and beveled front end being of equal dimensions, a cover pivotally secured to the receptacle at the juncture of the sieve and beveled end and adapted to be swung so as to completely cover either the open end of the receptacle or the sieve and means for locking the cover in its two positions.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a combined. scoop and sieve, comprisinga receptacle having a beveled front end and a sieve in its top, the said beveled front end and top being of equal dimensions, a handle secured for locking said cover in its two positions.

3. As a new article of manufacture, acom bined scoop and sieve, comprising a rectangular receptacle having a beveled open end and a sieve securedlin its top, flanges projecting laterally from the sieve portion, a cover pivotally connected to said receptacle and adapted to normally close the open inclined end thereof, a flexible sleeve, the enlarged end thereof being adapted to embrace the top or sieve portion of the receptacle and inclose said lateral flanges and a removable clamp for securing the sleeve over said flanges.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 1o ing witnesses.

WILLIAM P. I-IYRONS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W, SELTZER, FRANK B. GREENE. 

